Siege of Sinj 1715

Budući da su se izmjenjivale vlasti, grad Sinj i njegova okolica uvijek su bili izloženi napadima. Borbe za prevlast su se uvijek vodile između Osmanskog Carstva i Mletačke Republike. Tvrđava Sinj tri puta je napadnuta nakon što je došla pod mletačku vlast, ali nijednom nije pala u ruke neprijatelja. Najvažnija je bitka iz 1715. godine kada je domaće stanovništvo, odlučno obraniti svoje domove, uspjelo potjerati mnogobrojniju osmansku vojsku. Nakon te godine, Osmanlije nisu važnije ugrozile Cetinsku krajinu ni Sinj. Pobjeda se pripisuje Gospi, čiju su sliku donijeli franjevci iz Rame i koja je tadašnjim braniteljima Sinja dala odlučnosti i snage da potjeraju neprijatelja. U znak zahvale, branitelji su to popodne odigrali vitešku igru Alku koja će do dana današnjeg ostati spomen na slavnu pobjedu naših predaka.Since local authorities had been exchanging, the town of Sinj and its surrounding area had always been exposed to attacks. There had always been some struggles for supremacy between the Ottoman Empire and the Venetian Republic. Fortress of Sinj was attacked three times after it had come under the Venetian rule, but it had never fallen into the hands of the enemy. The most important battle took place in 1715 when the local inhabitants, determined to defend their homes, managed to repel the more numerous Turkish army. After that year, the Turks did not impose any important threat on the area around the river Cetina nor the town of Sinj. The victory is attributed to Virgin Mary, whose picture was brought by Franciscan priests from Rama and it gave determination and strength to the defenders of Sinj to repudiate the enemy. As a sign of gratitude, that same afternoon the defenders held a knight's pageant Alka which has remained up to this day as a memory in honour of the glorious victory of our ancestors